Local Community News

Isle of Wight Council leader Dave Stewart has held his last community meeting before Thursday's local elections and raised over £255 for Help for Heroes in the process. The meeting at Niton Village Hall on Saturday was attended by more than...

Concerned there was no official RNLI book for young children about the lifesaving activities of an inshore lifeboat persuaded the Visits Team at Cowes lifeboat station to become ‘do-it-yourselfers’.  The first 3 samples of the ground-breaking publication were hurriedly prepared...

St Lawrence resident David Waller has set himself a challenge for 2017, to run from his home near Ventnor to Bath, Somerset where his children live – to combine his passion for running and visiting his family. As part of the...

Applications for funding to the Mike Howley Trust, which exists for the benefit of aspiring young actors, musicians, dancers and writers aged 18-30, are now being invited from Island residents. The Trust is managed by Quay Arts, who are holding a launch event in...

Photo: onEdition 12 young people have successfully completed the week-long Confidence Masterclass run by youth charity UKSA, in collaboration with Street League. The pilot programme, funded by Aberdeen Asset Management, saw a group of 16 to 24-year-olds who are not...

Bedford Lodge in Shanklin, which has been welcoming guests for over 120 years, is set to change hands with current owner Karena Barton placing the B&B on the market after 10 years. The 13-bedroom boutique hotel has been owned and operated...

Thanks to an initiative by Helen Gibbs, Clerk to Totland Parish Council, the West Wight community has been given 5 public access defibrillators. The life-saving devices are to be placed around the Totland, Freshwater and Shalfleet in strategic positions that...

Quay Arts are calling on emerging and established artists to submit works for the centre's biennial Open Exhibition 2017 entitled 'I must down to the seas again'. Artists are being invited to showcase their work, which has been inspired by the sea...

Age UK Isle of Wight are appealing for help in setting up a new Men's Shed in Shanklin - set to be the sixth on the Island. The 'Men’s Shed’ movement sprung up as a way to tackle social isolation...

Following their third place success in the Regional Finals of the Brass Band Championships of Great Britain, Shanklin Town Brass Band have been invited to compete in the National Finals at Cheltenham in September. Shanklin Town Brass Band will become...